I certainly do not own Twilight, or any other book I make reference to. The characters completly belong to Stephanie Myers. I am a sucker for a good love story, and I'll keep the same pairings for the most part. This is my first fanfic…so let me know if you think it's worth continuing!

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When I actually thought One Tree Hill made sense, I knew that something was wrong. I've never been the type to get wrapped up in high school romance. I guess I've always been a fan of the classics myself, but I have to admit I felt normal watching this show as Charlie sulked around the kitchen. I knew he wanted to watch the game, but I couldn't turn the show off. Something caught me off guard. There was this quote that I think Payton rambled off near the end of the show …

"At this moment there are 6,470,818,671 people in the world. Some are running scared. Some are coming home. Some tell lies to make it through the day. Others are just not facing the truth. Some are evil men, at war with good. And some are good, struggling with evil. Six billion people in the world, six billion souls. And sometimes... all you need is one."

I slammed the leather cover of my journal and threw it in my desk drawer. I heard Charlie call me for the second time this morning, "Bella, you're going to be late, again." He was always keeping tabs on me, but at least I couldn't fault him for not being a good father. My eyes squeezed shut willing away the headache I felt coming. I grabbed by book bag as I ran down the steps tripping over my shoes. I threw the front door open and threw a look over my shoulder, "Don't wait up for me Charlie; I'm staying with Alice's family this weekend." I grabbed my bag that I had packed the night before and ran out to my beat up truck. I threw my bag on the passenger's seat. As the bag bounced off of the worn out leather of the seat I jumped in and started the noisy engine.

As I drove down the icy road I was thinking about another year at Forks High School. This would be my senior year and I wasn't sure how ready I was for this year. Of course I was excited to be done with high school at the end of the year, but another full year at Forks High School was never promising. Alice kept me up half the night with her over-excited chatter about her big brother coming to Forks for his senior year. Great I thought to myself, another perfect Cullen to lack in comparison to. Alice's brother had spent the better part of the last two years as a foreign exchange student in Italy, so his homecoming was much anticipated by the Cullen clan.

I had just moved to Forks at the beginning of my sophomore year and Alice's brother had already left for his trip. So he was the last of the Cullen's for me to meet. They had become like a second family to me over the past two years. I mean heck during the Holidays I even had a stocking on the mantle with my name.

I always thought it was weird that Alice's brother didn't come home over breaks, but he always said it would ruin his experience if he was always traveling back and forth. I had seen many pictures of Alice's brother Edward over the years. I was always shocked as how beautiful he seemed. It was no surprise; the Cullen's were all immensely beautiful by nature. For some reason I always found myself lingering over the pictures with Edward in them.

Alice had two brothers, Edward and Emmet. Honestly after hearing about them it was easy to see that they couldn't have been more opposites. Emmett greatly resembled a big bear. He was tall and muscular with short black hair that accentuated his creamy skin. His eyes were almost piercingly blue and the sharp features of his face improved his devilishly good looks. Emmett was always loud and boisterous; making sure everyone always had a good time. Edward, on the other hand, wasn't so concerned with everyone around him. Alice always described him as being unnaturally quiet and reserved. From what I had seen in his pictures Edward was tall and breathtakingly beautiful. Although he wasn't as loud as Emmett, he always looked like he was having a good time. There was some sort of presence about him; his smile made him look like he could fit in anywhere he went. It was odd to me that I had heard so much about Edward and that I felt so close to his family, but I had never met him. Emmet had very much become my big brother, making sure I was always protected and making sure I was made fun of in that brotherly loving way. It seems like I had known them forever when it was just two years ago that I had moved to Forks.

I can still remember my first day at Forks. The temperature must have been below freezing because there was ice everywhere you turned. I'm not even sure how I managed to make it to school, but I remember sitting in the cab of my truck thinking I was never going to make it into the building without falling. I, being ridiculously clumsy, was trying to focus on not dying as I walked across the ice skating rink they called a parking lot. A small pixie like girl went gliding past me, as if she was just skating across the ice. I stared at her dumbfounded as I felt my foot start to wobble beneath me. I tried to make up for the movement below me throwing my hands out in front of me. Instead of steadying myself I managed to cause a chain reaction landing me on the ground. Just then a huge bear like boy slide over stopping right before he reached me, I cringed thinking how many people must have seen me fall.

As I propped myself up on my elbows I saw that the boy was grinning wildly as he stuck his hand out for me, "Come on, you can't stay down there all day!" I hesitated, but took his hand and let him guide me to the edge of the parking lot. The whole time I was silently saying prayers of thanksgiving that I hadn't broken anything in my first five minutes at a new school. The pixie was still standing there smiling that same wild smile as the guy. I turned around to thank the guy who had helped me, but he had his arm around some girl as they walked into the building.

The pixie bounced over to me, "Hi! I'm Alice," she explained. "That big bear of a guy is my big brother Emmett. You're Isabella right?"

"Um, yea, it's just Bella." I stammered not understanding how anyone could be that chipper that early in the morning.

"So how'd you do that?" I nodded my head referring to her near perfect navigation of the potential tragedy they called a parking lot.

"What, the parking lot, oh that was nothing. You'll get used to it!" She smiled and grabbed my wrist pulling me a long. "Come on your in my homeroom and we're going to be late."

I knew my Dad had been spreading the news I was coming to live in Forks. So I knew word of my arrival would spread quickly in such a small time. Alice pulled me along for most of the day introducing me to what seemed like the entire population of Forks before demanding I sit with her at lunch. Come to think of it, Alice pretty much drug me through my first several weeks in the new town and we have been friends ever since.

"C-ya Bells, have fun." Charlie yelled as I slammed the truck door shut snapping back to reality. I turned the radio up and slid a CD in my walkman. I think I was the only kid in Forks who still had a tape deck with the little wire that connected to a walkman. It would have to do; I wasn't spending money on a new radio just yet. As I drove into the school parking lot my ancient speakers were blaring with my latest mixed CD which featured Van Morrison's greatest hits. I threw the car into the closest spot to the door throwing the door open before noticing someone was pulling in next to me. With my radio still blaring and me hunched over trying to locate my book bag I heard a honk. I sprung up slamming my door shut, not without hitting my head on the rearview mirror of course. I looked through my driver side window while I rubbed my head only to see my best friend waiving erratically at me from the passenger seat and the most beautiful deep green eyes I had ever seen smirking at me from the driver's seat.

Alice stepped out car and not so patiently waited for me to gather my things.

"Hey Bells what took you so long?"

"I thought I, uh, forgot something." I said not being able to remember the answer to her question. It was hard to form a coherent sentence as I watched what could only be described as the most perfect man I had ever seen crawl out of the driver's seat. I think I forgot to breathe as I watched at him drag his hand through his messy copper hair.

"Bella, what are you staring at?" Alice nearly screamed as she started pulling me towards the building causing the God to look up. Our eyes met for one fleeting moment as I felt Alice's tug me along.

"Uh, okay Alice I'm coming." I stammered, reluctantly giving into her. I started to trip as she pulled me along. Alice spun around throwing her hand casually towards the God.

"Oh yea, Bells this is Edward. Edward, this is who I've been telling you about." My heart skittered. Hungh? What could she have possibly said to this God? Wait did she say Edward??

I looked up as Edward reached out a hand, "It's nice to finally meet you Bella I've heard all about you." His voice was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard; I actually almost forgot to answer him.

"Edward? Right, your Edward" I screeched.

"I believe I am." He replied smirking a little. I put my hand out shaking his as I had to force myself to make eye contact with him. We looked at each other for a minute before Alice got impatient and started pushing Edward towards the door.

"Alice, I think I remember my way around." Edward said his lips curling up into a smile. As he walked towards the office he turned back, "I guess I'll see you at lunch." Wait was he talking to me?? I stood there resembling what I can only imagine a deer in headlights must look like.

"Seriously Bells what is wrong with you today? We really are going to be late, and what are you staring at?"

I started to turn around to follow Alice as I noticed Edward glancing over his shoulder. Our eyes met again right before I ran face first into what felt like a brick wall.

Well guys, what do you think? Sorry about the short chapter, they will get longer I just wanted to get used to the length! If you read it review it!! I wanna know what you think good and bad!